Joe Manchin actually said...

"We really think the states are doing a good job."

"This, in my view, is a frustrating and exasperating example of Congress making important endangered species decisions based on politics rather than science and collaboration."

"It is ridiculous. It has got to end. This body needs to act to help save, right now, our forests through healthy, more forest management practices and these jobs."

"We describe Northwest Montana as poverty with a view. That is what is going on."